Roofing in Oregon is moss, shade, and months of rain on the west side, and wind and a harder sun once you cross the Cascades. Composition roofs in the valley grow a green skin that lifts edges and holds water in the granules. Fir needles pack valleys and gutters until the water has nowhere to go but under the covering. East-side roofs trade that moss for gusts and a bake. Name the town before anyone talks about a product.
A soft deck is the west-side surprise. The field can look orderly from the curb while the boards under a shaded eave have been wet since the last long rain. Ask what happens when the sheathing crumbles around a boot. Metal fails at the fastener and the valley when the detail is lazy and the needles sit in it. Asphalt on a coast lot fails at the edge the gale can get under. Say which of those roofs you are standing under.
The week a roof can be opened is kinder in a dry stretch and cruel in a wet one, and the east side does not share the valley calendar. Ask about underlayment. Scraping moss off a tired slope is not the same job as replacing it. Say which job you want, and say if the gutters are already a dam.
Chimneys, sidewalls, and dormers on older wood houses are where the water actually enters. A simple gable on a drier lot does not have those joints and still has wind. Do not buy a scope written for the other roof. If a claim is open, photograph the wet ceiling, the packed valley, and the soft metal, and keep the deductible out of the poetry. A limb on the ridge is cleanup plus a roof look. Say so.
Say the town, moss or wind or an active leak, and whether the deck feels soft. Mention fir needles in the gutters if that is how the water got in. The next county will not explain your ridge. A dry bedroom after one nice week is not a sound roof. Call the number on this page.